Local Election Results 2015
South Somerset
Whole council up for election.
Other results for South Somerset:
2003
2007
2011
2019
By-elections for South Somerset (may be incomplete): 2nd June 2005 (Crewkerne)
— 27th October 2005 (Brympton)
— 14th September 2006 (Chard Holyrood)
— 29th May 2008 (Chard Crimchard)
— 4th June 2009 (Coker; Ilminster)
— 6th May 2010 (Tower)
— 24th November 2016 (Turn Hill)
— 4th May 2017 (Blackmoor Vale)
— 12th March 2020 (Parrett)
— 3rd March 2022 (Neroche)
— 14th July 2022 (Brympton)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
40386 |
44.0% |
28 |
| Liberal Democrat |
33032 |
36.0% |
29 |
| Labour |
8091 |
8.8% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
3706 |
4.0% |
0 |
| Green Party |
3655 |
4.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
2950 |
3.2% |
3 |
| Martin Wale |
C |
923 |
59.3% |
| Nigel Mermagen |
LD |
388 |
24.9% |
| Neil Arnold |
UKIP |
246 |
15.8% |
| William Wallace |
C |
1738 |
53.3% |
| Tim Inglefield |
C |
1477 |
|
| Sue Place |
LD |
1245 |
38.2% |
| Jack Dyke-Bracher |
LD |
756 |
|
| Joanna Penberthy |
Lab |
275 |
8.4% |
| Anna Groskop |
C |
843 |
55.7% |
| Abi Baker |
LD |
310 |
20.5% |
| Ewan Jones |
Grn |
246 |
16.3% |
| Matthew Hooberman |
Lab |
114 |
7.5% |
| Sarah Lindsay |
C |
1426 |
43.1% |
| Peter Seib |
LD |
1421 |
43.0% |
| Emma Dunn |
LD |
1257 |
|
| Josh Williams |
C |
1202 |
|
| Glen Graham |
Lab |
459 |
13.9% |
| Derek Yeomans |
C |
878 |
61.6% |
| Pippa Mestraud |
LD |
399 |
28.0% |
| Sam Foulder-Hughes |
Lab |
148 |
10.4% |
| Mike Lewis |
C |
1121 |
67.6% |
| Penny Ashton |
LD |
251 |
15.1% |
| Christopher Hill |
UKIP |
181 |
10.9% |
| Ann Reeder |
Lab |
106 |
6.4% |
| Nick Weeks |
C |
1627 |
43.4% |
| Henry Hobhouse |
LD |
1432 |
38.2% |
| Barry Moorhouse |
C |
1298 |
|
| Richard Arnold |
LD |
971 |
|
| Richard Tabor |
Grn |
482 |
12.9% |
| Megan Sommerville |
Lab |
207 |
5.5% |
| Garry Shortland |
LD |
440 |
36.3% |
| Peter Amey |
C |
402 |
33.1% |
| Cath Morrison |
Ind |
223 |
18.4% |
| Graham Forsyth |
Lab |
148 |
12.2% |
| Amanda Broom |
C |
514 |
46.2% |
| Steve Warwick |
LD |
450 |
40.5% |
| Jon Lewes |
Grn |
148 |
13.3% |
| Jenny Kenton |
LD |
863 |
66.0% |
| Paul Bradley |
C |
445 |
34.0% |
| Jason Baker |
LD |
699 |
51.1% |
| Brennie Halse |
C |
670 |
48.9% |
| Dave Bulmer |
Ind |
596 |
50.0% |
| Irene Glynn |
C |
360 |
30.2% |
| Melanie Hudson |
LD |
237 |
19.9% |
| Gina Seaton |
C |
1755 |
53.4% |
| Cathy Bakewell |
LD |
1529 |
46.6% |
| Rod Jones |
C |
1464 |
|
| Mick Clark |
LD |
1216 |
|
| Mike Best |
LD |
2050 |
38.2% |
| Marcus Barrett |
C |
1827 |
34.0% |
| Angie Singleton |
LD |
1555 |
|
| Robin Pailthorpe |
LD |
1498 |
|
| Adam Keen |
C |
1369 |
|
| Andrew Simkins |
C |
1286 |
|
| Martin Bailey |
Lab |
797 |
14.8% |
| Katy Limmer |
Grn |
696 |
13.0% |
| Ben Hartshorn |
Grn |
672 |
|
| Nathan Harmer- Taylor |
Grn |
626 |
|
| Tiffany Osborne |
C |
826 |
52.4% |
| Terry Mounter |
Ind |
601 |
38.2% |
| Alan Martin |
Lab |
148 |
9.4% |
| Paul Maxwell |
LD |
787 |
53.4% |
| Jonathan Edgington |
C |
687 |
46.6% |
| Sylvia Seal |
LD |
905 |
57.1% |
| Christopher Price |
C |
681 |
42.9% |
| Carol Goodall |
LD |
1253 |
33.5% |
| Val Keitch |
LD |
1108 |
|
| Sean Clarke |
C |
1037 |
27.7% |
| Stuart Shepherd |
C |
1011 |
|
| Don Kinder |
UKIP |
689 |
18.4% |
| Henry Lansdown |
Grn |
460 |
12.3% |
| Paul Sellers |
Lab |
306 |
8.2% |
| Sue Steele |
C |
1129 |
66.4% |
| Oliver Pearce |
LD |
417 |
24.5% |
| Geoff McHugh |
Lab |
155 |
9.1% |
| Tony Capozzoli |
Ind |
922 |
53.4% |
| Richard Dale |
C |
600 |
34.7% |
| Theo Whitaker |
LD |
206 |
11.9% |
| Clare Paul |
C |
685 |
41.5% |
| Julia Gadd |
LD |
473 |
28.6% |
| Cara Naden |
Grn |
295 |
17.9% |
| Sean Dromgoole |
Lab |
199 |
12.0% |
| Neil Bloomfield |
C |
1610 |
50.2% |
| Graham Middleton |
C |
1513 |
|
| Patrick Palmer |
LD |
1126 |
35.1% |
| Ben Ingram |
LD |
809 |
|
| Chris Bragg |
Lab |
469 |
14.6% |
| Sarah Dyke-Bracher |
LD |
766 |
44.7% |
| Lucy Wallace |
C |
765 |
44.6% |
| David Lowe |
Lab |
184 |
10.7% |
| Linda Vijeh |
C |
893 |
56.6% |
| Jo Dawson |
LD |
371 |
23.5% |
| Clive Rust |
UKIP |
313 |
19.8% |
| David Norris |
C |
1200 |
62.3% |
| Grahame Baker |
LD |
527 |
27.3% |
| Keith O'Boyle |
Lab |
200 |
10.4% |
| Ric Pallister |
LD |
785 |
51.9% |
| Mark Keating |
C |
728 |
48.1% |
| Jo Roundell Greene |
LD |
699 |
51.7% |
| Alexander Priest |
C |
653 |
48.3% |
| Adam Dance |
LD |
1688 |
55.6% |
| Crispin Raikes |
LD |
1564 |
|
| Barry Walker |
C |
1347 |
44.4% |
| Andrew Turpin |
Ind |
608 |
38.1% |
| Russ Wardell |
C |
552 |
34.6% |
| Robin Munday |
LD |
435 |
27.3% |
| Mike Beech |
C |
947 |
61.7% |
| Oliver Dowding |
Grn |
274 |
17.9% |
| Dave Nye |
LD |
241 |
15.7% |
| Adrian Carter |
Lab |
73 |
4.8% |
| Shane Pledger |
C |
1071 |
58.0% |
| Pamela Jukes |
LD |
635 |
34.4% |
| Alan Rose |
Lab |
142 |
7.7% |
| Dean Ruddle |
C |
2114 |
52.5% |
| Stephen Page |
LD |
1326 |
32.9% |
| Frankie Ashton |
Lab |
589 |
14.6% |
| Colin Winder |
C |
1235 |
39.6% |
| Nick Colbert |
C |
1231 |
|
| Tim Carroll |
LD |
821 |
26.3% |
| Mark Vallance |
UKIP |
531 |
17.0% |
| Sarah Denton |
LD |
512 |
|
| John Holman |
Grn |
307 |
9.8% |
| Tim Daniel |
Lab |
223 |
7.2% |
| Sue Osborne |
C |
818 |
55.2% |
| John Dyke |
LD |
469 |
31.6% |
| George Elliott |
UKIP |
196 |
13.2% |
| Peter Gubbins |
LD |
1329 |
44.8% |
| Andy Kendall |
LD |
1308 |
|
| Kaysar Hussain |
LD |
1132 |
|
| David Byrne |
C |
1013 |
34.1% |
| Linda Gage |
C |
872 |
|
| Bridget Spender |
C |
777 |
|
| Mark Lambden |
Lab |
626 |
21.1% |
| Terry Lavin |
Lab |
581 |
|
| Tony Lock |
LD |
1349 |
42.7% |
| David Recardo |
LD |
1097 |
|
| Rob Stickland |
LD |
981 |
|
| Godfrey Davey |
UKIP |
706 |
22.3% |
| Nick Rousell |
C |
571 |
18.1% |
| Ann Needle |
C |
538 |
|
| Bill Byrd |
Lab |
534 |
16.9% |
| Morley Waddleton |
C |
528 |
|
| Sharon Stafford |
Lab |
442 |
|
| Murray Shepstone |
Lab |
330 |
|
| John Field |
C |
2036 |
44.3% |
| Nigel Gage |
C |
2008 |
|
| Sam McAllister |
C |
1776 |
|
| Kris Castle |
LD |
1691 |
36.8% |
| Nagaraja Akkisetty |
LD |
1376 |
|
| Gordon Czapiewski |
LD |
1227 |
|
| Joe Conway |
Lab |
866 |
18.9% |
| Terry Ledlie |
Lab |
622 |
|
| Martin Bailey |
Lab |
615 |
|
| John Clark |
LD |
1364 |
36.7% |
| Wes Read |
LD |
1347 |
|
| Alan Smith |
LD |
1072 |
|
| Mick Beales |
C |
1049 |
28.2% |
| Ash Strelling |
C |
954 |
|
| David Tolley |
C |
851 |
|
| Tony Turner |
UKIP |
844 |
22.7% |
| Dan Marks |
Lab |
462 |
12.4% |
| Colin Rose |
Lab |
431 |
|
| Mike Lock |
LD |
1655 |
35.4% |
| Gye Dibben |
C |
1610 |
34.5% |
| Graham Oakes |
LD |
1603 |
|
| Teresa Bond |
C |
1588 |
|
| Pauline Lock |
LD |
1476 |
|
| Teresa Sienkiewicz |
C |
1187 |
|
| Gary Young |
Grn |
747 |
16.0% |
| Sue Pitman |
Lab |
661 |
14.1% |
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